Of the hundreds of detainees arrested during the post-election protests, only about 20 are expected to ever face prosecution. The rest, however, were held in prisons, and in many cases under deplorable conditions, while they awaited the possibility of charges. The head of Iran’s judiciary has since ordered that anyone not charged with a serious offense be released.

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Up to the allegations of deadly beatings, this article sounds just like what happened to me and many other anti corporate globalization activists in Miami in 2003 protesting the FTAA meeting held there. There was abuse and indefinite detention without charge. I was held on felony charges for almost a week for having a pair of medical sheers in a medical kit. Most charges were dropped after the meeting was long over, after even many of our lawyers were detained for days for protesting our detention.

The US needs to get its own house in order before pointing fingers about human rights elsewhere. The disputed nature of Iran's election was more hype than substance… the most popular candidate clearly won. The US has given Iran lots of reasons to be repressive and brutal, including overthrowing democratic governments and arming terrorists. We must stop such policies so they can never resume, or innocent people will continue to suffer and die for decades to come, and relations with Iran will only deteriorate.